Deon Jackson

Senior running back for Duke. 2020: 682 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Duke · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 220 lb · Atlanta, GA

Duke 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 839 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Duke. 2020: 682 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Duke, 2,267 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 162 yds at Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh · L 45-542018

20178 games

Signed with Duke3-star out of Pace Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#839 national

CFB

College

Duke

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

David Cutcliffe

Duke

Played his entire career under David Cutcliffe.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 22-27 over that span.

2017Duke7-6HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (94th percentile). Strength: rush yards (83rd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (1st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#18 / 271 · 94th pct

161

Rush yards#46 / 271 · 83rd pct

682

Long run#53 / 271 · 80th pct

Rush TDs#71 / 271 · 70th pct

Rec yards#104 / 260 · 60th pct

Receptions#102 / 260 · 58th pct

Yards / carry#213 / 271 · 20th pct

4.2

Fumbles lost#174 / 175 · 1st pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	58.0	4.9	0.8
Road6g	65.3	3.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	74.3	3.9	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	47.2	4.7	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Duke	161	682	4.2	5	--
2019	Duke	172	641	3.7	6	--
2018	Duke	161	847	5.3	7	--
2017	Duke	32	97	3.0	0	--
Career		526	2,267	4.3	18	--

Season	Team
2020	Duke	10	85	8.5	0	--
2019	Duke	21	192	9.1	2	--
2018	Duke	26	253	9.7	2	--
2017	Duke	4	4	1.0	0	--
Career		61	534	8.8	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2020

W 53–19

vs Charlotte

101 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 34-point win at home against Charlotte.

With M. Durant — 104 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · P. Wilson — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.24Deon Jackson run for 65 yds for a TD (Charlie Ham KICK)
Week 6 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -3.86Deon Jackson run for 3 yds to the Syrac 32 Deon Jackson fumbled, forced by Geoff Cantin-Arku, recovered by Syrac Robert Hanna
Week 6 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.62Deon Jackson run for 50 yds to the Syrac 39 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Georgia Tech · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA -3.35Deon Jackson run for 12 yds to the GTech 39 Deon Jackson fumbled, forced by David Curry, recovered by GTech Tre Swilling
Week 10 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Chase Brice pass complete to Deon Jackson for 47 yds to the NCaro 28 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Deon Jackson pass complete to Dennis Smith for 29 yds for a TD (Charlie Ham KICK)
Week 3 · Boston College · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.694-D.Jackson to BC 44 for 22 yards (8-J.Muse).
Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Deon Jackson run for 10 yds for a TD (Charlie Ham KICK)
Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.51Deon Jackson run for 39 yds to the VTech 17 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Syracuse · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Deon Jackson run for 20 yds to the Duke 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 13-27@ Notre Dame	15	52	3.5	0	12
Wk 3	L 6-26vs Boston College	15	74	4.9	0	22
Wk 4	L 20-38@ Virginia	14	49	3.5	0	24
Wk 5	L 31-38vs Virginia Tech	15	68	4.5	2	39
Wk 6	W 38-24@ Syracuse	30	169	5.6	0	50	Season-high 169 yds
Wk 7	L 20-31@ NC State	20	34	1.7	0	5
Wk 9	W 53-19vs Charlotte	10	101	10.1	2	65
Wk 10	L 24-56vs North Carolina	10	33	3.3	0	8
Wk 13	L 33-56@ Georgia Tech	9	54	6.0	0	23
Wk 14	L 0-48vs Miami	9	14	1.6	0	8
Wk 15	L 35-56@ Florida State	14	34	2.4	1	9
Total		161	682	4.3	5	65

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology